Marija

Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecutive vowels or the use of the palatal approximant, "Mary" in these languages is Marija if consecutive vowels are disallowed and otherwise Maria.

Marija
The Glorification of Mary by Botticelli. The reverence for Mary, the mother of Jesus, is in large part responsible for the use of the name Mary and its variants.
Genderfemale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew via Latin and Greek
Other names
Related namesMary, Maria, Mariah, Marie, Mariya, Marijana, Marjana, Maryam, Miriam
Look up Appendix:Names derived from Miryam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Marija is the most common female name in Croatia.[1] The name Marija was the most common feminine given name until 1969.[2]

The male equivalents are Marijan, Marijo and Mario.

Notable people with the name include:

( Marija Razgutė (born 1985), Lithuanian film producer

See also

References
  1. "ŽENE U HRVATSKOJ PO PRVI PUT BOLJE OBRAZOVANE OD MUŠKARACA Koliko Hrvata ima e-mail, a koliko ne zna ni čitati?". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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